Imaging gore loading tool
September 25, 2018. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.Patent References 3774605 3835854 Apparatus for advancing oversized catheter through cannula, and the like Guide wire receptacle for catheters having rigid housings Apparatus for catheter exchange in vascular dilitation Drive shaft for an intravascular catheter system Controller for manipulation of instruments within a catheter Papermakers fabric having a system of machine-direction yarns residing interior of the fabric surfaces Convertible tip catheters and sheaths Patent #: 5531700 InventorsApplicationNo. 161352 filed on 09/25/1998US Classes:600/102, With chair, table, holder, or other support604/159, Having mechanical means for feeding conduit through piercing conduit604/523, Flexible catheter or means (e.g., coupling) used therewith606/108Means for inserting or removing conduit within bodyExaminersPrimary: Leubecker, John P.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassA61B 001/01AbstractA tool for coaxially loading a flexible member into a lumen of a catheter. Typically, the flexible member is a flexible imaging core or similar device. The tool includes a body which has a connector, which connects the body to a hub located on the catheter. A pair of opposed rollers, disposed proximate to the connector, are used to advance the flexible member, through the connector, and into the catheter, which is connected to the connector. The flexible member is advanced by counter rotating the rollers.Field of SearchWith chair, table, holder, or other supportWith means for indicating position, depth or condition of endoscope Body entering conduit axially movable within body piercing conduit while former is disposed in the body Having mechanical means for feeding conduit through piercing conduit Body entering conduit axially movable within flexible protective sheath facilitating sterile insertion into body duct Means for inserting or removing conduit within body Plural spaced apart rolls (e.g., guide rolls) Roll surface radially movable | |
